FLIGHT JANUARY 2OTH, 1949
HERE AND THERE
had been given a chance to prove theircapabilities in service." It is interesting
to note that, according to the Avro cal-culations, just under 25 per cent of the
civil flights have been made by Avroaircraft which have carried over 33.6 per
cent of the load.
Aviation Pocket DiaryP
UBLISHED by Collins Clear-TypePress, the 1949 edition of their
aviation diary contains a wealth of use-ful information valuable to all who are
interested in air travel and flyinggenerally. This year's edition is slightly
thinner than the 1948 pocket diary butnevertheless contains as much informa-
tion as one might expect to find in amuch larger directory. Leading air
transport operators in all the principalcountries are listed besides notes on air-
craft, engines, airports, radio and navi-gation aids, aero and gliding clubs, re-
cord flights and model aircraft. Thougfnecessarily on a small scale the coloure<-
maps of the main countries and 01B.E.A.'s. internal and Continental net-
works are remarkably clear.
Gliding Awards
T^HE British Gliding Association-*- national competition cups and tro-
phies which this year were awarded ona points system for flights made through-
out the summer, have been awarded asfollows: Londonderry cup, to Cambridge
University Gliding Club (J. W. S.Pringle); L. du Garde Peach Trophy to
Cambridge University Gliding Club;Firth Vickers Trophy to A. D. Smith;
EON Cup to C. J. Wingfield. A Con-ference of Chief Gliding Instructors is to
be held by the B.G.A. during the week-end of January 29th and 30th to discuss
existing instruction procedure with spe-cial reference to insurance rates, the steps
which must be taken to enable clubs tocontinue flying when the new pilots'
licences are brought into effect, and thequestion of two-seater training. The
Conference will be held at the LondonGliding Club starting on Saturday at 12
noon, and ending on Sunday after tea.Further details can be obtained from the
Secretary.
OURAGAN : Bearing the manufacturer's designation Dassault 450, or " Ouragan,"
(Hurricane), a new French single-seat fighter is nearing completion at the Marcel Dassault
works. A Nene turbojet, built under licence by Hispano Suiza, is the power plant, and it
will be gathered from the "Flight" drawing herewith that the design has certain features
in common with the North American F-86 and Grumman Panther.
News in Brief
OVERSEAS visitors to Britain in Nov-ember last numbered 18,890; accord-
ing to the Travel Association's monthlystatistics, 74 per cent of these visitors
travelled by sea and 26 per cent by air.
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Future film shows to be given by theRoyal Aero Club deal with " The Pacific
Air Route " on February 15th and " TheHollandia Campaign in Dutch New
Guinea, 1944," on March 15th.
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The main R.C.A.F. building at Goose
Bay airport was destroyed by fire on
January 10th. The damage has been
estimated at $250,000, or ,£62,500
sterling.
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Inter-City Aviation of Boston, Massa-
chusetts have been appointed dis-
POWER FOR SAILPLANES
THE single-cylinder inverted type auxiliary power
plant for sailplanes shown in the accompanying
photographs is being built by Mr. R. Swinn, of Blackpool,
who estimates that at 3,500 r.p.m. the engine
develop 10 h.p. It is
intended to attach the
unit, which at present
weighs 57 Ib, to the
sailplane's wing root
fittings, presumably in a
pusher installation, and
use it to reach a safe
height without winch
assistance before re-
traction. The same idea
v/as tried many years
ago in the Carden-Bnynes
sailplane designed by
Mr. L E. Baynes.
tributors of the Kaman K-190 helicopterin the New England states. The first
K-190 delivered to Inter-City Aviationwill be used as a demonstrator and for
hire flights as a crop-dusting aircraft.
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A new heavy freight air service was
opened recently by Air France; the first
machine to land at Orly Airport from
Saigon carried an elephant weighing
nearly half a ton.
• * •
Trans-Canada Airlines announce the
appointment of D. C. Bythell, M.B.E.,
as director of advertising, and of
Stephen Anderson as public relations
representative for Great Britain.
• * *
Under the title of J. W. Lawrence
'(Canada), Ltd., a Canadian subsidiary
of J. W. Lawrence, Ltd., heat exchange
engineers, has been formed and has
7 mises at Montreal Airport. Oil
coolers, aircraft radiators and other heat
exchange equipment is to be manufac-
tured there in addition to reconditioning
of such equipment.
• * *
First post-war air carriage of news-
papers to the Isle of Wight began on
January 3rd when Somerton Airways, of
Cowes, flew bundles of The Southern
Daily Echo from Southampton airport
direct to Cowes. The journey took ten
minutes and the newspapers were on sale
within 25 minutes of leaving the main-
land.
• * *
Mr. Hanford Stevens, London Repre-
sentative of-the Division of Aircraft Pro-
duction (Australia), will be returning to
London by air this month and will be
accompanied by Mr. V. F. Letcher,
director of the Division of Aircraft
Production in Australia. Mr. Letcher
is coming to London in connection with
Australia's future aircraft production
programme.
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